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The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

including Poems and Versions of Poems now Published for the First Time: Edited with Textual and Bibliographical Notes by Ernest Hartley Coleridge

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834)

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EASTER HOLIDAYS

NIL PEJUS EST CAELIBE VITÂ

SONNET TO THE AUTUMNAL MOON

ANTHEM FOR THE CHILDREN OF CHRIST'S HOSPITAL

QUAE NOCENT DOCENT

DESTRUCTION OF THE BASTILE

PROGRESS OF VICE

MONODY ON THE DEATH OF CHATTERTON

ANNA AND HARLAND

TO THE EVENING STAR

ON A LADY WEEPING

MONODY ON A TEA-KETTLE

ON RECEIVING AN ACCOUNT THAT HIS ONLY SISTER'S DEATH WAS INEVITABLE

ON SEEING A YOUTH AFFECTIONATELY WELCOMED BY A SISTER

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A MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM

To the Rev. George Coleridge

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INSIDE THE COACH

DEVONSHIRE ROADS

SONNET ON QUITTING SCHOOL FOR COLLEGE

AN ODE IN THE MANNER OF ANACREON

TO DISAPPOINTMENT

A FRAGMENT FOUND IN A LECTURE-ROOM

A LOVER'S COMPLAINT TO HIS MISTRESS

WITH FIELDING'S ‘AMELIA’

WRITTEN AFTER A WALK BEFORE SUPPER

IMITATED FROM OSSIAN

THE COMPLAINT OF NINATHÓMA

SONGS OF THE PIXIES

THE GENTLE LOOK

SONNET TO THE RIVER OTTER

AN EFFUSION AT EVENING

LINES ON AN AUTUMNAL EVENING

PERSPIRATION. A TRAVELLING ECLOGUE

LINES WRITTEN AT THE KING'S ARMS, ROSS, FORMERLY THE HOUSE OF THE ‘MAN OF ROSS’

IMITATED FROM THE WELSH

LINES TO A BEAUTIFUL SPRING IN A VILLAGE

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THE DEATH OF THE STARLING

MORIENS SUPERSTITI

MORIENTI SUPERSTES

TO A YOUNG LADY

TRANSLATION OF WRANGHAM'S ‘HENDECASYLLABI AD BRUNTONAM E GRANTA EXITURAM’ [KAL. OCT. MDCCXC]

TO MISS BRUNTON

EPITAPH ON AN INFANT

ON THE PROSPECT OF ESTABLISHING A PANTISOCRACY IN AMERICA

THE FADED FLOWER

ON A DISCOVERY MADE TOO LATE

TO THE AUTHOR OF ‘THE ROBBERS’

LINES ON A FRIEND WHO DIED OF A FRENZY FEVER INDUCED BY CALUMNIOUS REPORTS

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SONNETS ON EMINENT CHARACTERS

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I TO THE HONOURABLE MR. ERSKINE

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VII TO THE REV. W. L. BOWLES

VII TO THE REV. W. L. BOWLES [SECOND VERSION]

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VIII MRS. SIDDONS

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IX TO WILLIAM GODWIN AUTHOR OF ‘POLITICAL JUSTICE’

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X TO ROBERT SOUTHEY OF BALIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD, AUTHOR OF THE ‘RETROSPECT’, AND OTHER POEMS

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XI TO RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN, ESQ.

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[XII] TO LORD STANHOPE ON READING HIS LATE PROTEST IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS

TO EARL STANHOPE

LINES TO A FRIEND IN ANSWER TO A MELANCHOLY LETTER

TO THE REV. W. J. HORT

TO THE NIGHTINGALE

LINES COMPOSED WHILE CLIMBING THE LEFT ASCENT OF BROCKLEY COOMB, SOMERSETSHIRE, MAY 1795

LINES IN THE MANNER OF SPENSER

THE HOUR WHEN WE SHALL MEET AGAIN

LINES WRITTEN AT SHURTON BARS, NEAR BRIDGEWATER, SEPTEMBER 1795, IN ANSWER TO A LETTER FROM BRISTOL

THE EOLIAN HARP

TO THE AUTHOR OF POEMS

THE SILVER THIMBLE

REFLECTIONS ON HAVING LEFT A PLACE OF RETIREMENT

RELIGIOUS MUSINGS

MONODY ON THE DEATH OF CHATTERTON

THE DESTINY OF NATIONS

ON OBSERVING A BLOSSOM ON THE FIRST OF FEBRUARY 1796

VERSES ADDRESSED TO J. HORNE TOOKE AND THE COMPANY WHO MET ON JUNE 28TH, 1796, TO CELEBRATE HIS POLL AT THE WESTMINSTER ELECTION

ON A LATE CONNUBIAL RUPTURE IN HIGH LIFE

SONNET ON RECEIVING A LETTER INFORMING ME OF THE BIRTH OF A SON

SONNET COMPOSED ON A JOURNEY HOMEWARD; THE AUTHOR HAVING RECEIVED INTELLIGENCE OF THE BIRTH OF A SON, SEPT. 20, 1796

SONNET TO A FRIEND WHO ASKED, HOW I FELT WHEN THE NURSE FIRST PRESENTED MY INFANT TO ME

TO A YOUNG FRIEND

ADDRESSED TO A YOUNG MAN OF FORTUNE

ODE TO THE DEPARTING YEAR

TO AN UNFORTUNATE WOMAN AT THE THEATRE

TO AN UNFORTUNATE WOMAN

TO THE REV. GEORGE COLERIDGE

ON THE CHRISTENING OF A FRIEND'S CHILD

TRANSLATION OF A LATIN INSCRIPTION BY THE REV. W. L. BOWLES IN NETHER-STOWEY CHURCH

THIS LIME-TREE BOWER MY PRISON

THE FOSTER-MOTHER'S TALE

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THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER

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SONNETS ATTEMPTED IN THE MANNER OF CONTEMPORARY WRITERS

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II TO SIMPLICITY

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III ON A RUINED HOUSE IN A ROMANTIC COUNTRY

PARLIAMENTARY OSCILLATORS

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The Conclusion to Part I

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LINES TO W. L. WHILE HE SANG A SONG TO PURCELL'S MUSIC

FIRE, FAMINE, AND SLAUGHTER

FROST AT MIDNIGHT

THE OLD MAN OF THE ALPS

TO A YOUNG LADY

FEARS IN SOLITUDE

THE NIGHTINGALE

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THE THREE GRAVES

[Part I—From MS.]

[Part II—From MS.]

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THE BALLAD OF THE DARK LADIE

TRANSLATION OF A PASSAGE IN OTTFRIED'S METRICAL PARAPHRASE OF THE GOSPEL

CATULLIAN HENDECASYLLABLES

THE HOMERIC HEXAMETER

THE OVIDIAN ELEGIAC METRE

TELL'S BIRTH-PLACE

THE VISIT OF THE GODS

FROM THE GERMAN

SOMETHING CHILDISH, BUT VERY NATURAL

LINES WRITTEN IN THE ALBUM AT ELBINGERODE, IN THE HARTZ FOREST

THE BRITISH STRIPLING'S WAR-SONG

THE DEVIL'S THOUGHTS

LINES COMPOSED IN A CONCERT-ROOM

WESTPHALIAN SONG

HYMN TO THE EARTH

ODE TO GEORGIANA, DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

TALLEYRAND TO LORD GRENVILLE

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA

A THOUGHT SUGGESTED BY A VIEW

INSCRIPTION FOR A SEAT BY THE ROAD SIDE HALF-WAY UP A STEEP HILL FACING SOUTH

A STRANGER MINSTREL

ALCAEUS TO SAPPHO

THE TWO ROUND SPACES ON THE TOMBSTONE

ON REVISITING THE SEA-SHORE

ODE TO TRANQUILLITY

THE SECOND BIRTH

LOVE'S SANCTUARY

DEJECTION: AN ODE

TO MATILDA BETHAM FROM A STRANGER

HYMN BEFORE SUN-RISE, IN THE VALE OF CHAMOUNI

THE GOOD, GREAT MAN

INSCRIPTION FOR A FOUNTAIN ON A HEATH

AN ODE TO THE RAIN

ANSWER TO A CHILD'S QUESTION

THE HAPPY HUSBAND

THE PAINS OF SLEEP

AD VILMUM AXIOLOGUM

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THE BLOSSOMING OF THE SOLITARY DATE-TREE

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THE RASH CONJURER

A CHILD'S EVENING PRAYER

FAREWELL TO LOVE

TO WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

AN ANGEL VISITANT

RECOLLECTIONS OF LOVE

A TOMBLESS EPITAPH

FOR A MARKET-CLOCK

THE MADMAN AND THE LETHARGIST

THE VISIONARY HOPE

EPITAPH ON AN INFANT

THE VIRGIN'S CRADLE-HYMN

REASON FOR LOVE'S BLINDNESS

THE SUICIDE'S ARGUMENT

TIME, REAL AND IMAGINARY

THE NIGHT-SCENE

FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY

THE KNIGHT'S TOMB

ON DONNE'S POETRY

ISRAEL'S LAMENT

FANCY IN NUBIBUS

THE TEARS OF A GRATEFUL PEOPLE

THE REPROOF AND REPLY

FIRST ADVENT OF LOVE

THE DELINQUENT TRAVELLERS

WORK WITHOUT HOPE

SANCTI DOMINICI PALLIUM

CONSTANCY TO AN IDEAL OBJECT

THE PANG MORE SHARP THAN ALL

DUTY SURVIVING SELF-LOVE

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LINES SUGGESTED BY THE LAST WORDS OF BERENGARIUS OB. ANNO DOM. 1088

REFLECTION ON THE ABOVE

EPITAPHIUM TESTAMENTARIUM

Ερως αει λαληθρος εταιρος

THE IMPROVISATORE

TO MARY PRIDHAM

LOVE'S BURIAL-PLACE

LINES TO A COMIC AUTHOR, ON AN ABUSIVE REVIEW

ON MY JOYFUL DEPARTURE

THE GARDEN OF BOCCACCIO

LOVE, HOPE, AND PATIENCE IN EDUCATION

LINES WRITTEN IN COMMONPLACE BOOK OF MISS BARBOUR, DAUGHTER OF THE MINISTER OF THE U.S.A. TO ENGLAND

SONG, ex improviso

LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP OPPOSITE

PHANTOM OR FACT

CHARITY IN THOUGHT

HUMILITY THE MOTHER OF CHARITY

[COELI ENARRANT]

LOVE'S APPARITION AND EVANISHMENT

TO THE YOUNG ARTIST

MY BAPTISMAL BIRTH-DAY

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VOL. II: DRAMATIC WORKS AND APPENDICES

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THE FALL OF ROBESPIERRE

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Scene the First.

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Scene changes to the court before the Castle of Velez.

[Scene changes to the mountains by moonlight.

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THE PICCOLOMINI

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION

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THE DEATH OF WALLENSTEIN

PREFACE OF THE TRANSLATOR TO THE FIRST EDITION

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Part I THE PRELUDE, ENTITLED ‘THE USURPER'S FORTUNE’

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Scene changes to the back of the Palace—a Wooded Park, and Mountains. Enter Zapolya, with an infant in arms.

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Part II THE SEQUEL, ENTITLED ‘THE USURPER'S FATE’ USURPATION ENDED; OR, SHE COMES AGAIN

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1 EPIGRAM AN APOLOGY FOR SPENCERS

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2 EPIGRAM ON A LATE MARRIAGE BETWEEN AN OLD MAID AND FRENCH PETIT MAÎTRE

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3 EPIGRAM ON AN AMOROUS DOCTOR

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7 ON MR. ROSS, USUALLY COGNOMINATED NOSY

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10 [ANOTHER VERSION]

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11 ON AN INSIGNIFICANT

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13 ON A SLANDERER

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14 LINES IN A GERMAN STUDENT'S ALBUM

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16 ON A READER OF HIS OWN VERSES

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17 ON A REPORT OF A MINISTER'S DEATH WRITTEN IN GERMANY

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18 [DEAR BROTHER JEM]

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20 ON THE SICKNESS OF A GREAT MINISTER

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21 [TO A VIRTUOUS OECONOMIST] Wernicke

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22 [L'ENFANT PRODIGUE]

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23 ON SIR RUBICUND NASO A COURT ALDERMAN AND WHISPERER OF SECRETS

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25 [NINETY-EIGHT]

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26 OCCASIONED BY THE FORMER

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27 [A LIAR BY PROFESSION]

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28 TO A PROUD PARENT

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30 ON A VOLUNTEER SINGER

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31 OCCASIONED BY THE LAST

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32 EPITAPH ON MAJOR DIEMAN

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33 ON THE ABOVE

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34 EPITAPH ON A BAD MAN

ANOTHER VERSION

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35 TO A CERTAIN MODERN NARCISSUS

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37 ALWAYS AUDIBLE

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38 PONDERE NON NUMBERO

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39 THE COMPLIMENT QUALIFIED

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44 TO ONE WHO PUBLISHED IN PRINT

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47 TO A VAIN YOUNG LADY

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48 A HINT TO PREMIERS AND FIRST CONSULS

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50 FOR A HOUSE-DOG'S COLLAR

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52 EPITAPH ON A MERCENARY MISER

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53 A DIALOGUE BETWEEN AN AUTHOR AND HIS FRIEND

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54 Μωροσοφια OR WISDOM IN FOLLY

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56 FROM AN OLD GERMAN POET

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57 ON THE CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE,

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58 SPOTS IN THE SUN

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60 TO MY CANDLE

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62 THE TASTE OF THE TIMES

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63 ON PITT AND FOX

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65 COMPARATIVE BREVITY OF GREEK AND ENGLISH

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66 EPIGRAM ON THE SECRECY OF A CERTAIN LADY

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69 MODERN CRITICS

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70 WRITTEN IN AN ALBUM

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71 TO A LADY WHO REQUESTED ME TO WRITE A POEM UPON NOTHING

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74 AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS

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75 THE ALTERNATIVE

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77 INSCRIPTION FOR A TIME-PIECE

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78 ON THE MOST VERACIOUS ANECDOTIST, AND SMALL-TALK MAN, THOMAS HILL, ESQ.

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80 EPITAPH OF THE PRESENT YEAR ON THE MONUMENT OF THOMAS FULLER

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1 MY GODMOTHER'S BEARD

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2 LINES TO THOMAS POOLE

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3 TO A WELL-KNOWN MUSICAL CRITIC, REMARKABLE FOR HIS EARS STICKING THROUGH HIS HAIR.

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6 DRINKING versus THINKING

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7 THE WILLS OF THE WISP

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8 TO CAPTAIN FINDLAY

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9 ON DONNE'S POEM ‘TO A FLEA’

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10 [EX LIBRIS S. T. C.]

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11 ΕΓΩΕΝΚΑΙΠΑΝ

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12 THE BRIDGE STREET COMMITTEE

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13 NONSENSE SAPPHICS

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14 TO SUSAN STEELE ON RECEIVING THE PURSE

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15 ASSOCIATION OF IDEAS

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16 VERSES TRIVOCULAR

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17 CHOLERA CURED BEFORE-HAND

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18 TO BABY BATES

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3 OVER MY COTTAGE

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8 [THE NIGHT-MARE DEATH IN LIFE]

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10 A BECK IN WINTER

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17 [NOT A CRITIC—BUT A JUDGE]

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29 FRAGMENT OF AN ODE ON NAPOLEON

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33 EPIGRAM ON KEPLER

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41 TRANSLATION OF THE FIRST STROPHE OF PINDAR'S SECOND OLYMPIC

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43 TRANSLATION OF A FRAGMENT OF HERACLITUS

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45 IMITATED FROM ARISTOPHANES

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49 THE NETHERLANDS

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64 BARON GUELPH OF ADELSTAN. A FRAGMENT

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METRICAL EXPERIMENTS

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1 AN EXPERIMENT FOR A METRE

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3 THE PROPER UNMODIFIED DOCHMIUS

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6 A PLAINTIVE MOVEMENT

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7 AN EXPERIMENT FOR A METRE

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13 A METRICAL ACCIDENT

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FULKE GREVILLE. LORD BROOKE

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[1] Motto to ‘A Lay Sermon’, 1817

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2 Sonnet XCIV [Coelica]

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3 Of Humane Learning Stanza CLX

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SIR JOHN DAVIES

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4 On the Immortality of the Soul (Sect. iv. Stanzas 12-14.)

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5 Eclogue. ‘On Unworthy Wisdom’

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6 Letter to Sir Henry Goodyere

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7 Mutual Passion

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8 The Hour-Glass

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9 The Poetaster. Act I, Scene 1.

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10 Epistle to Sir Thomas Egerton, Knight

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11 Musophilus. Stanza cxlvii.

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12 Musophilus. Stanzas xxvii, xxix, xxx.

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CHRISTOPHER HARVEY

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13 The Synagogue THE NATIVITY OR CHRISTMAS DAY.

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14 Blank Verse Inscriptions No. III.

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The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

including Poems and Versions of Poems now Published for the First Time: Edited with Textual and Bibliographical Notes by Ernest Hartley Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

1772-1834

The Clarendon Press

Oxford

1912